03 October 1759

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Theatre: Haymarket Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1759-1760
Volume: 4
Comments: To the Printer of the Public Advertiser: Sir, On seeing the Burletta of Galligantus at the little theatre in the Haymarket, I was agreeably surprised to see a performance of the kind carried on in so genteel a manner, no way inferior to any opera; and after the nicest inspection of the whole performance, I have the pleasure to inform the Nobility, Gentry, &c., I found all the performers were English, their Dresses very completely adapted, their voices excellent, and their actions quite genteel and comic, their music charming and set without the assistance of any Foreigner, it being composed by Mr J@@D@@, a Native of Ireland, whose excellency in that art needs no encomium. I am, yours A True Briton

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    *p?#hay Comment. *c?#hay To the Printer of the <i>Public Advertiser</i>: Sir, On seeing the Burletta of <i>Galligantus</i> at the $little theatre in the Haymarket=, I was agreeably surprised to see a performance of the kind carried on in so genteel a manner, no way inferior to any opera; and after the nicest inspection of the whole performance, I have the pleasure to inform the Nobility, Gentry, &c., I found all the performers were $English=, their Dresses very completely adapted, their voices excellent, and their actions quite genteel and comic, their music charming and set without the assistance of any Foreigner, it being composed by $Mr J@@D@@=, a Native of $Ireland=, whose excellency in that art needs no encomium. I am, yours A True Briton.

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    *p1759 10 03 hay Comment.*c1759 10 03 hay To the Printer of the <i>Public Advertiser</i>: Sir, On seeing the Burletta of <i>Galligantus</i> at the $little theatre in the Haymarket=, I was agreeably surprised to see a performance of the kind carried on in so genteel a manner, no way inferior to any opera; and after the nicest inspection of the whole performance, I have the pleasure to inform the Nobility, Gentry, &c., I found all the performers were $English=, their Dresses very completely adapted, their voices excellent, and their actions quite genteel and comic, their music charming and set without the assistance of any Foreigner, it being composed by $Mr J@@D@@=, a Native of $Ireland=, whose excellency in that art needs no encomium. I am, yours A True Briton.

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    Event: 29734 | 17591003 | hay | To the Printer of the <i>Public Advertiser</i>: Sir, On seeing the Burletta of <i>Galligantus</i> at the $little theatre in the Haymarket=, I was agreeably surprised to see a performance of the kind carried on in so genteel a manner, no way inferior to any opera; and after the nicest inspection of the whole performance, I have the pleasure to inform the Nobility, Gentry, &c., I found all the performers were $English=, their Dresses very completely adapted, their voices excellent, and their actions quite genteel and comic, their music charming and set without the assistance of any Foreigner, it being composed by $Mr J@@D@@=, a Native of $Ireland=, whose excellency in that art needs no encomium. I am, yours A True Briton

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